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Temporary works : principles of design and construction.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Temporary structures (Building).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 527 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- Second edition / edited by Peter F. Pallett and Ray Filip.
- Place of Publication:
- London : ICE Publishing, 2019.
- Summary:
- With contributions from over thirty industry experts, this reference book covers all sub-specialities of temporary works within a single volume. Informed by the latest UK Regulations and use of European codes in the UK, chapters consider the how and why of current methods across a wide range of topics. Drawing on years of collective experience of temporary works in practice the book is a source of immediate, practical solutions to common problems and also includes an extensive list of references for each subject. This new edition brings up to date the topics inherent in temporary works in the original 27 chapters and includes seven new chapters on backpropping, basement construction, needling, pipe testing, rebar stability, digital project delivery, and temporary works in demolition.
- Contents:
- Safety, statutory and contractual obligations
- Management of temporary works
- Site compounds and set-up
- Tower crane bases
- Site roads and working platforms
- Control of groundwater
- Lime and cement stabilisation
- Jet grouting
- Artificial ground freezing
- Slope stability in temporary excavations
- Sheet piling
- Trenching
- Diaphragm walls
- Contiguous and secant piled walls
- Caissons and shafts
- Bearing piles
- Jetties and plant platforms
- Floating plant
- Temporary bridging
- Heavy moves
- Access and proprietary scaffolds
- Falsework
- Formwork
- Soffit formwork
- Climbing and slip forms
- Temporary facade retention
- Bridge installation techniques
- Backpropping
- Pressure testing of pipelines
- Basement construction
- Digital project delivery – visual planning and BIM
- Rebar stability
- Needling and forming openings in walls
- Temporary works in demolition
- Index.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: 2012.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 19, 2019).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781523124688 (e-book)
- 9780727763389 (hbk.)
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